Intergalactic Summit

Wouldn't that be an act of war ?

It would be absurd to assume that the Republic would start a violent politically suicidal incident with their main allies over one terrorist, regardless of their personal desires.

If they want this man for trial and punishment, I see no reason not to hand this person over - once the Federal side of the investigation and due process is over.

I assume you meant unlikely?

Indeed, a glitch in my Router signal. Part of my message got lost to Static

((OOC: D'Oh!))

I advise you to surrender said terrorist, if you think he's guilty. The Matari will NOT brook interference in their reponse to the attempted assassination of a highly placed member of their society.

I know this is... uncomfortable... in a strictly legalistic sense, but your strongeset ally will NOT understand if you drag your feet on this issue!

Here's the thing, Pieter.

Were the situation reversed, and it were a Matari that shot a Federation official in Republic space, you can guarantee the Republic would flip its **** about the prospect of turning him over to the Federation if the Federation demanded an immediate extradition.

They cannot have it both ways.

The attack happened on Federation soil, in Federation space, and is under Federation jurisdiction. If they want to work with the Federation on this, I'm sure accommodations would be made. But making demands and threats of violence not even eight ******* hours after the incident is not the way to go.

Midular, "Ray of Matar" or not, political figure or not, tribal chief or not, is one woman. There were fifty-eight other people killed, and three hundred and three other wounded besides her. It is incredibly disrespectful to the families of those people to extradite that one man just because some person with connections is among the victims.

For the Matari to make such a stink about this is hypocritical, with all the demands of respect for their traditions and ways that are made on a regular basis. How about some respect for the other people who were injured or actually killed, eh? What about them? Are they somehow lesser than this one woman, to the point that it is unreasonable to respect the procedures of law where the incident actually happened?

As I said before, if this had happened in the Republic with a Matari shooter and it was a Federation official who had been shot, you can rest assured that the Republic would refuse any similar demands from the Federation because the incident happened on their soil and was perpetrated by one of their own. There would be no "sure, we'll give him to you right away!" Just a "no, we will deal with this, it's under our jurisdiction."



This was an event I went to every year with my parents when I was growing up, partly due to the fact that it was within walking distance of where I lived, but mostly because they felt it was important to expose me to other cultures as early as possible.

I would have been there this morning, with my mother, if I hadn't decided late last night that I really needed to go home for the first time since the 22nd of March instead of staying with her another day to go to the festival like we used to.

I know she was planning to go regardless of whether I stayed or not. I haven't heard anything from her yet. So excuse me for being extremely blunt about this: this is an incredibly ******** move on the RSS' part, and it's not going to end well for anyone.

Patience is a virtue. Unfortunately it is not as common as it should be.

Morwen sums it up nicely, and I too hope her mother is alright.

I was present at the standoff between the Federation and the RSS. There was a certain level of thickheaded responses from both sides and the tensions were certainly high until the DED arrived. I believe the best way to handle the situation is with a joint tribunal of both Federation and Republic officials. Let them both sort out the punishment for the one who caused this tragedy. My guess is that the desired punishment isn't so different between both sides.

Wait, so CONCORD stopped a Matari fleet after crossing a sovereign border unilaterally?

Wonders never cease.

Having been present I can confirm that following a standoff between the Federal Navy and Republic Security Services in the Gallente system of Colelie ended peacefully after CONCORD officer Odo Korachi successively resolved the situation and the RSS returned to Minmater space in the Bei system after promising Gallente forces that this was not the end of this.

As angry as we are regarding the attack on our people and as much as we want to have those responsible handed over, we do need to respect our longtime ally and give them time to investigate the incident and question the accused. Hopefully calmer heads will prevail and prevent this matter from harming Matari/Gallente relations.